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Originally Posted by 87maniac View Post
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"Little Snitch works as advertised but can be a royal pain in the ass while it learns what it should let pass or not.

Easier to just edit your hosts file and send all Adobe requests to localhost. "


? please explain- how do I edit hosts file ?
Are you comfortable using a terminal emulator?

Hit your spotlight icon upper right, the magnifying glass, start typing Terminal, when it pops up launch it.

type sudo nano /etc/hosts

it'll ask for your password, enter it

Nano is a command line file editor, https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nano/Basics_Guide

You'll be shown your current hosts and where they resolve to in Terminal window.

Use your down arrow key to get to a blank line.

Copy / paste the known list

Control (NOT COMMAND), Control X should bring up the Nano save Y or N

EDIT: When you see the list of known phone homes you'll understand why little snitch can be a pain until it learns. In concept it's really just creating a hosts block list, rerouting everything back but asking you to confirm each one.
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